Timeline of national flags

This article contains a list of the flags and/or modifications made on the flags of current sovereign nations.

Proposed flags, occupation, ephemeral and provisional governments years are marked in italics.

Independence year is marked in bold.

Occupying or colonizing power is not indicated.

Sovereign states

Country	before 1600s	1700s					1710s					1720s					1730s					1740s					1750s					1760s					1770s					1780s					1790s					1800s					1810s					1820s					1830s					1840s					1850s					1860s					1870s					1880s					1890s					1900s					1910s					1920s					1930s					1940s					1950s					1960s					1970s					1980s					1990s					2000s					2010s					2020s					Current	Country
Afghanistan																																																																	1880										1901									1919				1926	1928 1929	1930																					1973	1974		1978 October 1978	1980			1987			1992	December 1992	1996	1997	2001	2002 June 2002	2004				2013				2021						Afghanistan, Islamic Emirate of
																																																																																																																											Rump State 1996												Government in exile 2021						Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of [1]
Albania																																																																	1878 [2]											1902 [3]				1910	1911	1912 [4]	1914			1920			1926	1928			1934		1939		1943	1944	1946																							1992					2002															Albania
Algeria	1516																																																																French colonization 1830'																																																																1962																																Algeria
Andorra																																																							1806																														1866																																		1934-1934		1939-1949					1949-1959					1959-1971						1971																															Andorra
Angola																																																																																																																																											1975																													Angola
Antigua and Barbuda																																																																																																																																		1957	Part of West Indies Federation 1958		1962		1967-Today							Independence from UK 1981																										Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina																																																										1812	1812	1818	1819	1820				1829			1835								1850					1861																																																																	Argentina
Armenia																																																																																													Father Ghevont Alishan design 1885																	part of Transcaucasian Federation 1918	1918	1922							1936		1940						1952																			1990																					Armenia
Australia																																																																																																							1901	1903		1908																																																														Australia
Austria	1230																																																					1804																																																									1918										1938			1945					1955																																							Austria
Azerbaijan																																																																																																														1918	1918	1920	1922							1937		1940						1952																			1990																					Azerbaijan
Bahamas																																																																																						1869																		1904										1923														1953						1964					1973																2006													Bahamas
Bahrain																																											1783																			1820																																																								1932																				1972															2002															Bahrain
Bangladesh																																																																																																																																									1971	1972																														Bangladesh
Barbados																																																																																														1885																																					1958		1962		1966																																	Barbados
Belarus																																																																																																															1918	1919	1919			1927				1937		1940	1941	1944			1951																				1991		1995									2012										Belarus
Belgium																																															Brabantine Revolution 1790																				1830	1831																																																																	Belgium
Belize																																																																																																															1919																															1981																			2019							Belize
Benin																																																																																														1958								1975								1990																					Benin
Bhutan																																																																	1949				1956						1969																																Bhutan
Bolivia																																																																1825	1826												1851																																																																	Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina	1377																																																																																		1878	1878														1908					1918											1941			1946																							1992					1998															Bosnia and Herzegovina
	1448																																																																																																	1908
Botswana																																																																	1885																																									1966																																	Botswana
Brazil																																																												1816	1816		1822	1822																							1870									1889	1889																																			1960				1968												1992																				Brazil
Brunei																																																																	pre-1906	1906																	Japanese occupation 1941		1945							1959													Independence from UK 1984																								Brunei
Bulgaria																																																																																		1878															1908					1918														1946	1948									1967		1971										1991																					Bulgaria
																																																																																		1878															1908
Burkina Faso																																																																																																1959													1984																								Burkina Faso
Burundi																																																																	1885																	1919																					1961	1962	1966	1966	1967							1982																									Burundi
Cambodia																																																																	1863												1887																											1942	1945					1953								1970		1975		1979					1989	1992	1993																				Cambodia
Cameroon																																																																	1884																1916																				1957		1961							1975																													Cameroon
																																																																																	1916			1922
Canada																																																																	1868																										1921																		1957						1965																																Canada
Cape Verde																																																											1816					1826			1830																																									1911																															1975									1992																				Cape Verde
Central African Republic																																																																	1903																												1958																																					Central African Republic
Chad																																																																	1959																																					Chad
Chile																																																										1812		1817	1818																																																																	Chile
China																																																																	1888 [5]											1912 [5]								1928 [5]										1949 [5]																																										China, People's Republic of
Colombia	1525																																											1785													1811		1814	1816	1819	1820	1821				1831		1834													1861 1861																																																																	Colombia
Comoros																																																																	1887																																						1963						1975		1978							1992		1996		2001																Comoros
Congo, Democratic Republic of the																																																																	1877																																										1960	1963	1966			1971													1997			2003		2006													Congo, Democratic Republic of the
Congo, Republic of the																																																																	1891																																	1958						1970											1991																				Congo, Republic of the
Costa Rica	1506																																																													1821	1823	1824	1824	1824						1840	1842			1848																													1906																																																															Costa Rica
Croatia	1527																																																							1809			1815																	1848		1852							1868																										1918	1918									1939	1941	1943	1945																						1990	1990																					Croatia
Cuba	1506																																											1785																																													1873												1898		1902		1906	1908	1909																								1959																																					Cuba
Cyprus	1192	1489																																																																	1844																	1878	1881																					1922																			1960	1960																						2006													Cyprus
Czechia	1198																																																					1804																																																								1918			1920								1939			1945																							1990	1993																				Czech Republic
Denmark	14th c. [6]																																																																	Denmark
Djibouti																																																																	1844																										1896																																								1977																												Djibouti
Dominica	1663									1715																							1763																			1801																																				1871																																		1940									1958		1962								1978	1981							1988	1990																		Dominica
Dominican Republic	1506																																																	1795								1808				1821												1844		1849							1861		1865																																																																	Dominican Republic
East Timor			1702		1707																						1750																																	1816				1826			1830																																									1911															1942	1945															1975	1975	1976										1999		2002															East Timor
Ecuador	1534																																											1785												1809		1812				1820	1822	1822			1830		1835					1845	1845							1860																				1900																																																						2009												Ecuador
Egypt	661	750-969																																																																1844																			1882																				1922															1952			1958							1972						1984																								Egypt
El Salvador	1525									1717																																		1785																		1821	1823	1826	1827								1842				1850		1854			1860	1864	1865		1869		1873	1875										1896	1898	1900					1912	1916					1921	1923																																																							El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea	1667				1707																						1750														1778				1785																																																																1931			1936	1938			1945												1968		1973			1979																											Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea																																																																	1890																									1941	1941					1952										1975							1987		1991		1993	1995																		Eritrea
Estonia																																																																	1918											1940	1941	1944				1953																			1990																					Estonia
Eswatini																																																																	1890		1894				1903																																	1968																					2011											Eswatini
Ethiopia																																									1897																				1914																																														1936					1941																				1974					1987					1991					1996										2009											Ethiopia
Fiji																																																																	1865	1867	1869	1871			1878																								1924																							1970																															Fiji
Finland	1562																																																							1809																									1858												1883																	1917	1918																																																									Finland
France	1643[ citation needed ]																																														1790[ citation needed ]		1794 [7]										1814								1830 [8]																																																							1940		1944						1958										1974 [9]																							2020 [9]					France
																																																																																																																										1940
Gabon																																																																	1903																												1959	1960																																				Gabon
Gambia																																											1783										1801																																																																1965																																	Gambia
Georgia	1008-1490																																1762																			1801																													1858												1883																		1918	1921	1922							1937							1951																				1990							2004														Georgia
Germany	1400																																																																										1848										1867																											1919						1933		1935			1946			1949																																										Germany
	1433																																																																																																																													1949					1959
Ghana																																																														1821																												1877																																								1957		1961		1964	1966																																	Ghana
	1612																																																	1795				1806			1810		1814
Greece	1378																															1769																															1822																								1833																				1862																				1967										1970			1975		1978																										Greece
																																																															1822 (naval ensign)
Grenada	1663									1715																							1763													1779		1783				1801																																						1875													1903																												1958		1962	1967				1974																														Grenada
Guatemala	1519																																																													1821	1823	1825							1838			1843			1851				1858	1871																																																																	Guatemala
Guinea																																																																	1898																													1958																																						Guinea
Guinea-Bissau	1667				1707																						1750																																1816					1826			1830																																									1911																														1974																														Guinea-Bissau
Guyana	1581																																																	1795					1806		1810		1814																														1875															1906							1919																		1955						1966																																	Guyana
Haiti	1663									1715																																				1790	1791								1798		1803	1804	1806	1811		1821													1849				1859																																																						1964													1986																						Haiti
Honduras	1519																																																													1821	1823	1825							1838														1866															1898	1898																									1949																																						2022				Honduras
Hungary	1526																																																																1848	1848		1849								1867			1869–1918														1896–1915								1918	1919	1919									1940			1946	1949	1956	1956	1957																																							Hungary
Iceland	1536																																																													1809	1810																																							1900									1918													1944																																												Iceland
India	1526																																																																1858																								1906	1907	1908				1917			1921					1931							1947																																											India
	1674																																								1773
Indonesia	1640																																																			1800																																																																1942	1945																																												Indonesia
Iran	1576																			1736					1747												1760													1796																										1849		1852																																1907				1933																		1964										1980																										Iran
Iraq																																																																	1844																																						1921																		1958	1959		1963														1991							2004			2008											Iraq
Ireland	1542																																																				1801																																																												1922																																																							Ireland
Israel																																																																	1844																																						1920													1948	1948																																										Israel
Italy																																																						1802		1805			1814																									1861																																									1946																														2003		2006											Italy
																																																																																																																										1943-april 1945
Ivory Coast																																																																	1896																																1959																																					Ivory Coast
Jamaica	1655																																																				1801																																				1875																1906																									1957	1958				1962																																	Jamaica
Japan	701	1192-1573	1603																																																																1868																																						1945				1952																							1999																	Japan
Jordan																																																																	1844																																						1920				1921														1958	1958																																					Jordan
Kazakhstan																																																															1822																		1858												1883																	1915		1917		1920					1932	1937		1940					1953																				1991	1992																				Kazakhstan
Kenya																																																																	1885					1885													1921																					1963																																			Kenya
Kiribati																																																																	1892																						1937			1942	1943																	1979																											Kiribati
Korea, North	960																																																	1800																												1856													1882	1882		1888				1893	1893		1899						1910																	1945	1946	1946	1948																				1992																					Korea, North
Korea, South																																																																																																																												1945		1948	1949																		1984							1997							2011									Korea, South
Kuwait	1521																																																																									1844																											1899			1914									1921									1940										1961																																				Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan																																																																	1876			1883																		1918									1936								1952																			1991	1992	1992																			Kyrgyzstan
Laos				1707																																																																1893																														1952										1975																													Laos
Latvia	1562	1661	1692									1721																																																																1918	1919	1920										1940	1941	1944				1953																			1990																					Latvia
Lebanon	1697																																																																		1844																																					1918	1920											1943																																													Lebanon
Lesotho																																																	1795				1801																																				1875					1884																																									1966										1987										2006													Lesotho
Liberia																																																																	1827											1847																																																																	Liberia
Libya	1711																																																																1912																			1951									1969		1972		1977																		2011										Libya
Liechtenstein	1400										1719																																																																1852																																		1921								1937																							1982																									Liechtenstein
Lithuania	1587																																																1795																																1858												1883																		1918											1940	1941	1944				1953																		1988								2004														Lithuania
Luxembourg	1482																																							1781									1795										1815															1845																																																1940		1944																																												Luxembourg
Madagascar																																													1787																																																	1885					1896																															1958																																						Madagascar
Malawi																																																																	1907																							1953					1963	1964																							2010	2012										Malawi
Malaysia	1641																																															1795			1801									1818			1824																																					1896																							1942	1945		1949							1963																																			Malaysia
Maldives																																																		1796																																																					1903												1926													1953	1954					1965																																		Maldives
Mali																																																																	1892																																	1958	1959	1961																																				Mali
Malta	1530																																																		1798	1800	1801						1814																														1875												1898												1923										1943											1964																																		Malta
Marshall Islands																																																																	1885		1889													1914		1919													1944	1947									1965							1979																											Marshall Islands
Mauritania																																																																	1900																													1959																														2017							Mauritania
Mauritius	1666						1710																																							1789											1810																													1869																			1906								1923																							1968																																Mauritius
Mexico	1519																																																													1821	1821	1823																				1864	1867												1893													1916									1934																	1968																																Mexico
Micronesia																																																																	1885							1899								1914		1919													1944	1947									1965							1979																											Micronesia
Moldova	1396																																																																1834																1866								1883																	1917	1919			1925						1937	1938	1940						1952																			1990																					Moldova
																																																																													1859		1862		1867
Monaco																																																1793																																												1881																															1942	1945																																												Monaco
Mongolia																																																																	1862														1890										1911							1924			1930					1940		1945																							1992										2011											Mongolia
Montenegro	1696																																																																1851												1876															1905						1918						1918														1946																							1992		1994				2004														Montenegro
Morocco	1666																																																																1913																					1956																																							Morocco
																																																																					1921
Mozambique	1667	1707																									1750																																1816					1826			1830																																									1911																															1974	1975				1983	1983																							Mozambique
Myanmar																												1753																																																																1885																										1937			1943	1945	1948														1974																		2010											Myanmar
Namibia																																																																	1884															1915							1928																										1982					1990																					Namibia
Nauru																																																																	1888														1914														1942	1945												1968																																Nauru
Nepal																																																								1768																			1856																																											c. 1930															1962																																			Nepal
Netherlands	1581																								/ 1652																								1795						1806		1810		1814																																																																	Netherlands
New Zealand																																				1769																																	1834			1840													1867	1869																																																																	New Zealand
Nicaragua	1524																																																														1823	1825								1839									1858													1889			1893		1896							1908																																1971																														Nicaragua
Niger																																																																	1922																		1959																																					Niger
Nigeria																																																																	1886							1900